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authorHolden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev>2020-08-19 11:11:32 -0400
committerHolden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev>2020-08-19 11:11:32 -0400
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+Why study political science?
+Because it deeply affects governmental association and how we are
+situated in the world.
+
+Defun politics:
+ - The process of resolving conflicts and deciding "who gets what"
+ (Laswell)
+ - Power is politics
+ - Power modifies behavior.
+
+Concerns of a political scientist
+ - Patterns of events
+ - Three goals
+ - Description (history)
+ - Prediction
+ - Ex: what predicts war?
+ - Not resources, territory, or even previous war
+ - Borders
+ - Prescription
+ - Longest unfortified border in world is Canada+US
+
+Research and Methodology
+- Political Science tries to support its theories
+- Methodologies
+ - Logic
+ - Observation
+ - Quantitative Methods
+ - Mathematical modeling